Pad-support.



No. 748,605. PATENTED DEG. 29, 1903.Y l

v J. POWERS..

PAD SUPPORT.

APPLIUATION FILED APR. 24. 190s.

N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented December 29, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES POWERS, OF NEW YORK, N. SY., ASSIGNOR TO HENDERSON P. OHILDRESS,.OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PAD-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,005, dated December 29, 1903 f Application filed April 24,1903. Serial No. 154,137. (No model.)

The object is to provide a simple support of the above character which can-be readily attached to the instrument, will not interfere with the free use of the same, and yet will securely hold a small pad at any desired iuclination, so that notes can be readily jotted down thereon.

The support is made up of elements that can be manufactured at small' cost, and said support presents a simple neat appearance.

The invention also includes, in combina-A tion with the support, a pencil-holder of novel form so arranged that a pencil placed therein will be in convenient relation for use when wanted.

The preferred form of construction is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, where- 1n- Figure l is a perspective view of a telephone instrument, showing the support applied thereto. Fig'. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the support. Fig, 3 is a horizontal sectional view through the pad-holder,`

and Fig. 4: is a detail rear view of the pencilholder.

Similar reference-numerals indicate correspending parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The structure illustrated in the accompanying drawings, to which the support is applied, is adesk-telephone instrument, including in its make-up a standard 10, supported upon a base 11 and having its upper end reduced to form a neck 12. rThe transmitter 13 is located upon the upper end of the standard, while the receiver 14 is detachably supported upon the usual bracket 15.

The present invention comprises supporting means and a pad-holder. The supporting means consists of a two-part clamp 16, arranged to be placed upon the neck 12 of the instrument, the elements of said clamp being fastened together by suitable screws 17. One of these elements carries a horizontallypro- .jecting shank 18, the portion contiguous to vbeing provided with outstanding retaining- The rack, clip, and fiauges are flanges 25. preferably formed of a single piece of sheet metal. Upon the rear face of the rack and contiguous toits upper end is secured a transversely-disposed sleeve 26, through which4 is passed the shank 1S, said sleeve having at one end an annular series of teeth 27, arranged to interlock with the teeth 20 of the shank, and thus hold the rack at any desired inclination, the teeth being fastened in their interlocking engagement by means of the clamp-nut 22. In connection with this mechanism a pencil-holder is also preferably employed, this holder being formed of alternate Voppositely-curved spring-lips 28 projecting from the'outer side edge of the rack, thus forming a receiver which will clamp upon a pencil sufficiently to hold the same and yet permit the ready insertion and removal of said pencil. In the present instance these lips are shown as being formed upon a plate secured to the rear face of the rack, as illustrated iu Fig. 4, but said lips may be constructed integrally with the rack, if desired. The clamp 16 is secured to the neck 12 of the instrument, as shown in Fig. 1, so that the shank will project from the side of the standard opposite the receiver and bracket. It may, however, be placed in any position desired with respect to said bracket by re- IOO the lower side edges are arranged inside the retaining-flanges. There is thus little liability of the pad becoming displaced. As a result, a conveniently-arranged writing-surface is obtained upon which notes can be readily jotted. Moreover, the structure is neat and attractive and does not interfere with the free use of the instrument.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will be understood that Various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacricing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An attachment for desk-telephone instruments comprising a sectional clamp adapted to embrace the standard of a telephone instrument, one of the sections of the clamp being provided with an integral shank having a series of teeth at its inner portion and provided with a threaded outer portion, a pad-holder provided with a sleeve arranged on the shank and having teeth at its inner end to interlock with those of the shank, and a nut arranged on the threaded portion of the shank and engaging the sleeve for holding the teeth in engagement with one another, whereby the pad-holder is rigidly supported at the desired adjustment, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES POWERS. Witnesses:

YS. R. GooDALE,

H. VP. OHILDREss. 

